A Colorado judge on Monday scheduled a January 13 hearing to consider resentencing Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, a trucker who was given 110 years in an interstate wreck that killed four people.
After a status hearing, First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King said "we will likely be recommending a sentence of between 20 and 30 years."
Last week, King said was "based on the facts of this case and input from the victims and their families.
"Given that the victims in this case have more than one view of an appropriate outcome, and this trial court heard the evidence presented, we believe this hearing is the best path to securing justice for everyone involved," King said.
Aguilera-Mederos was driving 85 mph in a semi tractor-trailer in April 2019 when his brakes failed, he told investigators at the time. He crashed, causing a fiery 28-car pileup on I-70 that killed four people and injured others, .
Aguilera-Mederos, 26, of four counts of vehicular homicide and 23 other charges, including six counts of assault in the first degree - extreme indifference; 10 counts of attempt to commit assault in the first degree - extreme indifference; two counts of vehicular assault - reckless; one count of reckless driving; and four counts of careless driving causing death.
He was sentenced December 13.
At the sentencing earlier this month, Colorado District Court Judge A. Bruce Jones said he was bound to the mandatory-minimum sentencing laws in the state, reported.
In requesting the hearing, King noted, "As Colorado law required the imposition of the sentence in this case, the law also permits the Court to reconsider its sentence in an exceptional case involving unusual and extenuating circumstances."
The sentence reduction would not overturn Aguilera-Mederos' conviction.
Colgan said the state's sentencing laws need to be changed.
"The law doesn't really distinguish between people like Mr. Medeiros, who is not a danger to society, and other people who are sentenced to life who are a danger to society," Colgan said. "The law needs to make those kind of exceptions and understand there is a difference between Mr. Medeiros and those other kinds of people."
The sentence drew immediate criticism, and an online petition urging Gov. Jared Polis to reduce Aguilera-Mederos' sentence or grant clemency .
Kim Kardashian West, , posted a about the case on Tuesday and ended by saying that Polis ""
Polis' office told CNN that it is reviewing Aguilera-Medros' clemency request.
"We just received Rogel Aguilera-Mederos' application, and our legal team is currently reviewing it. Once we reach a decision, we will make an announcement," press secretary Conor Cahill told CNN in an email.
In her statement last week, King said she and her team had spoken to the surviving victims of the crash and the families of those who died about the possibility of Aguilera-Medros being resentenced.
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